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Michael Payne vs Alberto Costa

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Alberto Costa voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 318 different votes 320 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
46 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
34 Aye 46 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
34 Aye 46 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 176 of 650
463
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,944
2,405 eligible divisions
239
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
923
47.5% of votes cast
224
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,021
52.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

24
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Appearances
24
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
27
-127.6 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
Contributions
25
-129.6 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£216,868
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Transport
28 of 30 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Tax
103 of 114 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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